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Showing 50715080 of 60719 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-4-2009 n° 07-21.833

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment of training bodies by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R6333-4

The Caisse des dépôts et consignations pays the service providers mentioned in article L. 6351-1 after receiving the information required to debit the rights registered on the personal training accoun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Membership

Article D7121-47

The employer shall inform the caisse de congés payés of the family allowance fund to which it belongs. It provides proof, in the form of documents issued by the paid leave fund, on a quarterly basis a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Technical operating conditions.

Article D6322-42

If the authorisation holder does not have its own laboratory capable of carrying out the medical biology tests mentioned in Article L. 6211-1 as a matter of urgency and providing the results obtained…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-4

The provisions of II of article L. 212-3 as well as articles L. 212-3-1 and L. 212-3-2 are of public order.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-4

Public health establishments and the health establishments mentioned in b, c and d of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code may only invoice the patient for the costs corresponding to the ca…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-4

Mutual insurance companies, tontines and agricultural mutual insurance and reinsurance companies or funds governed by article L771-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are special forms of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3-4

Community facilities belonging to a municipality or to third parties and located outside the area where the holiday village is set up may be taken into account for classification if an agreement concl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-8-4

I.-When the detention of goods suspected of infringing a registered trademark is implemented after a request referred to in Article L. 716-8 has been accepted, the goods suspected of infringing the re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-4

The property freezing order shall be accompanied by a request for enforcement of an order for confiscation of the property. Failing this, the certificate shall contain an instruction to retain the pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-4

The supervisory authorities referred to in 3° to 16° of I of Article L. 561-36 shall put in place procedures to ensure that any failure to comply with the obligations defined in this Title and supervi…

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